Virtual Talk from Lake Mills, WI: "How math corrodes democracy (but might still save it)"

In most US states, Wisconsin included, legislators draw the boundaries of the districts they are elected from, and thus retain a great deal of personal influence in the outcome of elections. The practice of drawing district lines with the goal of benefiting one political party over the others is called gerrymandering; I’ll explain how computational and political developments have made this a bigger problem than ever before, and how new developments in math are helping fix it.